The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-09-10
SOUTHERN el.EANINes..

for supposed participation in the massacre,
are hiding near town heavily armed and
can not be arrested Troops will leave
when court adjourns and it is expected
fighting will begin then.
Thomas g. Knott, alias Hanleighton, was
arrested recently in New Albany, Ind, on
charge Of using the United States mails
for fraudulent purposes. He sent two let
tiers to Sumterville, Fla, Offering to sell to
parties there a supply of ten dollar coun-
terfeit bills at big discount. The letters
were returned to the chief of police of New
Albany, who arrested Knott when he went
to the post-office for his mail.
Judge Henry F. Cook, prominent mem
Der of the Mississippi bar, died at his resi-
dence in Vicksburg, Miss, few days ago,
after long and painful illness, in his
SEVENTEEN year. He was a Mexican vet
eran, having served through that war with
distinction and received special mention
from the War Department. He was First
Lieutenant in the Southern army from
Vicksburg in one of the companies OF
Colonel jeff Davis celebrated First Mis-
sissippi Regiment,
The streets of Vicksburg, Miss, have
been lettered and the houses numbered.
The new water-works will be in operation
by December l.
Two opera-houses and several buildings
were burned at Richmond, KY, few days
/ ago; loss, 100000.
They had pumpkin on show at Titus.
! vile, Fla, recently, that had girth of
seven feet two inches, and weighed l30
pounds.
The authorities of Augusta, Ga, pro.
hibited as sacrilegious the representation
! of Christ and the Virgin in passion play
by the colored people of that city.
The flag that foated over the Marshall
House in Alexandria, Va, in 1851, and
was indirectly the cause of the death of
jackson and Ellsworth, is now in the State
Capitol at Albany, N. Y.
Some Georgia farmers have found that
this years watermelon crop has paid then
800 per acre.
During the past seven months Governor
Gordon of Georgia has received six hun
drcd applications for pardon. There is a
possibility that the next Legislature will
appoint board of pardons to relieve thu
Governor
Joseph Grammar, Of Montgomery, Ala.
has been arrested for bigamy. Joseph was
found to have four wives, all of whom are
living. One seldom sees a worse case OF
bad Grammar.
William r. Grisby, the oldest member Of
the Bardstown (Ky.) bar, died at hi
home, near that city few nights ago. HI
was born in Nelson County, November H.
1877.
The large amount OF small change used
in paying Off at the numerous works around
Admission, Ala, and now in demand to pay
cotton. pickers in the country, places silver
money, ordinarily burden to the banks
almost at premium.
Out of the twenty-fl five persons who wert
examined at Augusta, KY, recently, fo
any grade certificate, only twelve succeed
ed in getting one. The result of this ex
animation has caused considerable com
ment from all sides of the community.
Many cases of sickness and severa
deaths are reported from Thorne Grove
Knox County, Tenn. They were cause,
by people drinking water from a sprin
into which the dead bodies of dogs ha
been thrown.
Ex.President Jefferson Davis has accept
) ed the invitatiot to attend the State fai
+ in Macon, Ca, on October 26 On that da,
, there will be a reunion Of all the Survivin
ex.Confederate soldiers who can get there
The schooner Scotia, from New York
=, with granite copings for the Mobile
: Birmingham railroad bridge at Jackson
:, Ala, is supposed lost with all on board.
Brown Hal paced a mile in 2:13 at til
Lexington (Ky.) fairgrounds track, a FEY
U days ago, beating Maxey CObb's record
quarter of a second. Hal is by Tol
: Hal, out of Eaton. He was driven b
John Bostwick, of Spring Hill farm
Q Tennessee.
=. In the Rowan Circuit Court at More
o. head, KY, Pigmau and Perry, charge
. with the murder of Craig Tolliver, wei
cleared after two hours deliberation b
the jury. Every thing at Morehead
E, quiet, and no danger is apprehended fro
y an outbreak.
A negro revival is in progress at FIJI
ir Creek Church, at Homer, Ga. A fe
8 nights ago George Sanders, a prominel
white man, being intoxicated, took posse
Ia sion of the pulpit for the purpose
=, preaching. His father.in-law, Mr. WI
= Sailors, followed him and succeeded
- getting him away. Sanders then turn,
al around and stabbed his father-in-la
fatally.
r. A South Florida town has young La
le postmistress. She recently complained
I'd an inspector that stamps were bong
70 from her and then letters mailed on &
train, thus robbing her of the fee of ca
bs collation.. Long did she revolve vario
. schemes to prevent this, and finally $
h Cancelled the stamps when sold, and
3 they were good nowhere else the lett'
= bearing them were dropped in at her off
- This is a new wey to remedy an old evil
1t is reported that the East Tenness
y Virginia & Georgia Company has abs
," completed arrangements for adding oN
two hundred miles to their already
c. tensive system of rosd. One line will
S., built from Knoxville to Nashville,
n Emery Gap, one hundred and fifty mil
Oh and another from Clinton, twenty mi
r. north of Knoxville, on the Knoxville
Ohio Division, TO Cuberland Gap, d
le, lance of sixty miles Another line is a
o. | contemplated from Emery Gap to SoJ